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1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.3&lxb_maple_bar_source=lxb_maple_bar_sourceMortenson Highlights BIM for Road Construction and Infrastructure Projecthttps://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2012/09/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/mortenson-highlights-bim-for-road-construction-and-infrastructure-project/
https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2012/09/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/mortenson-highlights-bim-for-road-construction-and-infrastructure-project/#respondWed, 26 Sep 2012 12:30:39 +0000http://bestpracticesconstructionlaw.wp.lexblogs.com/2012/09/mortenson-highlights-bim-for-road-construction-and-infrastructure-project/Continue Reading]]>Call it Civil Integrated Management. Call it Building Information Modeling for horizontal construction. Call it 4D modeling for infrastructure projects. Call it "BIM Leaves the Building and Hits the Road." Whatever you want to call it, you will want to see this Autodesk video about Mortenson Construction that highlights the advantages of BIM for road construction and other infrastructure projects.

In the video, Rich Khan, Director of Integrated Construction, and Roberta Oldenburg, Integrated Construction Coordinator, both of Mortensen Construction, share their company’s experience over the last 12 years using BIM and how to use those lesson’s learned for new industries, including renewable energy and infrastructure projects.

What are some of the best practices and benefits that can be applied to highway construction and infrastructure projects? According to Khan and Oldenburg, these include:

Reduction in budgets

Fast-track schedules

Increased collaboration through the 3-D environment

Disruption avoidance

Early identification of utility conflicts

Improve efficiency and reduce waste

For Mortenson, use of BIM is a "value-add to the customer" because it provides benefit not only to the design side, but also to the construction side. "And now the 3-D model allows us to greatly improve the decision-making process," says Khan.